![]() Justice Bromwich was scathing towards Mr Burston's behaviour however, calling it 'objectively wrong and inappropriate'.Ĭonduct included telling one female staffer Wendy Leach, 'Oh Wendy, you probably just need a good f**k'. Mr Burston failed to prove that a number of other imputations made by Ms Hanson were defamatory, including that he sexually harassed staff in his office, that he harassed a female staffer in his office, and that he brought the senate into disrepute by his shocking behaviour towards staff. ![]() 'I find that both (imputations) were seriously damaging to Mr Burston's reputation, being broadcast on a nationally broadcast television program watched by over 290,000 people at the time. As well as incorrectly stating that Mr Burston (pictured) sexually abused a female colleague, Ms Hanson also falsely claimed he had assaulted One Nation chief of staff James Ashby without provocation in the Great Hall of Parliament
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